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India Chess World Cup prize money

$1,043,250 won by 45 players playing for India at the Chess World Cup since 2013, 7.4% of everything FIDE paid. Vidit Gujrathi won the most, $119,000.

PRIZE MONEY $1.0m
PLAYERS PAID 45
WORLD CUP TITLES 1
SHARE OF ALL MONEY 7.4%

India's players by prize money

Everyone paid at a World Cup while playing for India

45 players

Vidit Gujrathi $119k R Praggnanandhaa $113k Pentala Harikrishna $77k Arjun Erigaisi $70k Divya Deshmukh $60k Adhiban Baskaran $58k Gukesh Dommaraju $52k Koneru Humpy $45k Nihal Sarin $43k S. P. Sethuraman $38k Harika Dronavalli $35k S. L. Narayanan $27k Vaishali Rameshbabu $26k Aravindh Chithambaram $23k Karthik Venkataraman $23k Karthikeyan Murali $19k Surya Shekhar Ganguly $19k Pranav V $17k P. Iniyan $13k Diptayan Ghosh $11k
# Player Overall Best finish Prize money
01 Vidit Gujrathi 20th Quarter-finals, 2021 $119,000
02 R Praggnanandhaa 21st Runner-up, 2023 $113,000
03 Pentala Harikrishna 38th Round 5, 2025 $77,000
04 Arjun Erigaisi 40th Quarter-finals, 2023 $70,000
05 Divya Deshmukh 50th Winner, Women's 2025 $60,250
06 Adhiban Baskaran 51st Round 3, 2013 $58,000
07 Gukesh Dommaraju 62nd Quarter-finals, 2023 $52,000
08 Koneru Humpy 72nd Runner-up, Women's 2025 $44,500
09 Nihal Sarin 74th Round 4, 2023 $43,000
10 S. P. Sethuraman 94th Round 3, 2015 $38,000
11 Harika Dronavalli 101st Quarter-finals, Women's 2023 $34,750
12 S. L. Narayanan 126th Round 3, 2025 $27,000
13 Vaishali Rameshbabu 134th Quarter-finals, Women's 2025 $25,750
14 Aravindh Chithambaram 143rd Round 2, 2019 $23,000
15 Karthik Venkataraman 147th Round 4, 2025 $23,000
16 Karthikeyan Murali 182nd Round 2, 2025 $19,000
17 Surya Shekhar Ganguly 183rd Round 2, 2025 $19,000
18 Pranav V 197th Round 4, 2025 $17,000
19 P. Iniyan 251st Round 2, 2025 $13,000
20 Diptayan Ghosh 285th Round 3, 2025 $11,000
21 Pranesh M 288th Round 3, 2025 $11,000
22 Krishnan Sasikiran 313th Round 2, 2013 $10,000
23 Padmini Rout 321st Round 2, Women's 2021 $10,000
24 Viswanathan Anand 326th Round 2, 2017 $10,000
25 M. R. Lalith Babu 340th Round 1, 2015 $9,500
26 P. V. Nandhidhaa 354th Round 2, Women's 2025 $8,750
27 Aronyak Ghosh 380th Round 2, 2025 $7,000
28 Raunak Sadhwani 390th Round 2, 2025 $7,000
29 Mary Ann Gomes 403rd Round 3, Women's 2023 $6,750
30 Vantika Agrawal 408th Round 3, Women's 2025 $6,750
31 Abhijeet Gupta 416th Round 1, 2019 $6,000
32 Abhimanyu Puranik 417th Round 2, 2023 $6,000
33 Deep Sengupta 434th Round 1, 2017 $6,000
34 G. Akash 442nd Round 1, 2013 $6,000
35 Parimarjan Negi 480th Round 1, 2013 $6,000
36 Bhakti Kulkarni 523rd Round 2, Women's 2021 $5,000
37 Nutakki Priyanka 535th Round 2, Women's 2023 $5,000
38 Priyanka K 538th Round 2, Women's 2025 $5,000
39 Kiran Manisha Mohanty 593rd Round 1, Women's 2025 $3,750
40 Harshavardhan G. B. 661st Round 1, 2025 $3,500
41 Himal Gusain 663rd Round 1, 2025 $3,500
42 Leon Luke Mendonca 675th Round 1, 2025 $3,500
43 Neelash Saha 682nd Round 1, 2025 $3,500
44 Raja Rithvik R 687th Round 1, 2025 $3,500
45 Harsha Bharathakoti 713th Round 1, 2023 $3,000

India at each World Cup

All ten editions since 2013, open and women's, in order

World Cup Players Went furthest Prize money
Chess World Cup 2013 4 Adhiban Baskaran Round 3 $38,000
Chess World Cup 2015 6 S. P. Sethuraman Round 3 $50,000
Chess World Cup 2017 7 S. P. Sethuraman Round 3 $74,000
Chess World Cup 2019 10 Pentala Harikrishna Round 3 $92,000
Chess World Cup 2021 8 Vidit Gujrathi Quarter-finals $105,000
Women's Chess World Cup 2021 4 Harika Dronavalli Round 3 $21,750
Chess World Cup 2023 10 R Praggnanandhaa Runner-up $232,000
Women's Chess World Cup 2023 7 Harika Dronavalli Quarter-finals $52,500
Chess World Cup 2025 24 Arjun Erigaisi Quarter-finals $239,500
Women's Chess World Cup 2025 9 Divya Deshmukh Winner $138,500

$212,750 of the total came from the three Women's World Cups and $830,500 from the open event.

India against the other federations

All 113 federations with a player paid at a World Cup since 2013

# Federation Players Prize money
01 Russia 67 $2,229,500$2.2m
02 India 45 $1,043,250
03 United States 38 $998,750
04 China 37 $954,500
05 Ukraine 21 $630,750
06 Azerbaijan 22 $613,000
07 Poland 21 $464,250
08 France 14 $447,500
09 FIDE flag 26 $424,750
10 Armenia 14 $388,250
11 Uzbekistan 12 $349,250
12 Germany 13 $308,250
13 Norway 8 $286,000
14 Georgia 13 $236,250
15 Iran 12 $231,500
16 Hungary 12 $224,500
17 Netherlands 7 $218,500
18 Egypt 12 $171,000
19 Israel 8 $171,000
20 Cuba 14 $161,250
21 Vietnam 7 $160,750
22 Bulgaria 8 $155,000
23 Spain 11 $154,750
24 Argentina 14 $151,500
25 Serbia 8 $148,000
26 Peru 9 $146,750
27 Kazakhstan 14 $134,000
28 England 6 $123,000
29 Turkey 9 $121,250
30 Czechia 6 $117,000
31 Brazil 10 $112,500
32 Canada 13 $109,750
33 Romania 6 $105,500
34 Italy 5 $87,500
35 Croatia 5 $81,500
36 Australia 8 $74,750
37 United Arab Emirates 4 $69,250
38 Sweden 2 $64,750
39 Greece 6 $62,500
40 Mongolia 10 $61,750
41 Bangladesh 10 $59,500
42 Mexico 8 $59,250
43 Chile 3 $58,000
44 Philippines 9 $57,000
45 Slovenia 8 $56,000
46 Belarus 5 $50,500
47 Indonesia 7 $49,250
48 Austria 4 $49,000
49 Paraguay 4 $45,750
50 Algeria 8 $44,500
51 Colombia 9 $44,000
52 Latvia 4 $39,250
53 Singapore 4 $36,000
54 South Africa 5 $33,500
55 Moldova 4 $33,250
56 Venezuela 3 $29,250
57 Nigeria 5 $28,250
58 Malaysia 5 $27,500
59 Uruguay 4 $27,250
60 Estonia 2 $25,250
61 Lithuania 4 $23,750
62 Switzerland 2 $23,500
63 Zambia 3 $22,250
64 Belgium 2 $20,750
65 Slovakia 3 $20,750
66 Turkmenistan 4 $20,750
67 Kyrgyzstan 4 $20,000
68 Tajikistan 4 $20,000
69 Sri Lanka 3 $17,000
70 Morocco 3 $16,250
71 Tunisia 2 $16,250
72 Faroe Islands 1 $15,750
73 New Zealand 4 $14,750
74 Montenegro 3 $13,750
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 $13,000
76 Uganda 2 $12,750
77 Madagascar 1 $12,500
78 Iceland 2 $12,000
79 Angola 3 $11,000
80 Iraq 2 $11,000
81 Ecuador 2 $10,500
82 Libya 3 $10,250
83 Zimbabwe 2 $10,250
84 North Macedonia 1 $10,000
85 Costa Rica 2 $9,750
86 Denmark 2 $9,750
87 Barbados 2 $7,250
88 Lebanon 2 $6,750
89 Myanmar 2 $6,750
90 Syria 2 $6,750
91 Yemen 1 $6,750
92 Japan 1 $6,500
93 Namibia 2 $6,500
94 South Korea 2 $6,500
95 Thailand 1 $6,500
96 Luxembourg 1 $6,000
97 Papua New Guinea 1 $6,000
98 Finland 1 $3,750
99 Guam 1 $3,750
100 Jordan 1 $3,750
101 Malawi 1 $3,750
102 Portugal 1 $3,750
103 Hong Kong 1 $3,500
104 Monaco 1 $3,500
105 Palestine 1 $3,500
106 Saudi Arabia 1 $3,500
107 Andorra 1 $3,000
108 Botswana 1 $3,000
109 Chinese Taipei 1 $3,000
110 Ethiopia 1 $3,000
111 Nepal 1 $3,000
112 Panama 1 $3,000
113 South Sudan 1 $3,000

Frequently asked questions

How much Chess World Cup prize money have India's players won?

$1,043,250 since 2013, shared by 45 players. That is 7.4% of everything FIDE paid at the World Cup, 2nd of 113 federations.

Who has won the most for India?

Vidit Gujrathi, with $119,000, 11% of the total.

What was the best World Cup for India's players?

The Chess World Cup 2025, where 24 players took $239,500 between them.

Has a player from India won the Chess World Cup?

Yes, once: Divya Deshmukh in Women's 2025.

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